An art museum in Maine tries to balance protecting art and saving energy

Maine Public | By Molly Enking

Published May 27, 2026 at 4:41 PM EDT

Keeping a museum's temperature and humidity constant -- rain or shine, all year long -- takes a massive amount of energy, and it's expensive. But some museums have a solution.

Molly Enking

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